Christopher Chase-Dunn

Christopher Chase-Dunn (born 10 January 1944) is an American sociologist best known for his contributions to world-systems theory.^[1]

Education and career

Chase-Dunn earned his Ph.D. in 1975 at Stanford University^[2] (studying under John W. Meyer) and has taught at The Johns Hopkins University (1975–2000) and at the University of California at Riverside (2000-today). He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and has served as President (2002–2006) of Research Committee 02 (Economy and Society) of the International Sociological Association, Chair (1984–1986) of the Section on International Political Economy of the International Studies Association, and Chair (1982) of the Section on the Political Economy of the World-System of the American Sociological Association. He is the founder of the Institute for Research on World-Systems at the University of California at Riverside. Chase-Dunn is also the founding editor of the Journal of World-Systems Research, which is the official journal of the Political Economy of the World-System section of the American Sociological Association.

Publications

Chase-Dunn is the author, co-author, editor, or co-editor of over a dozen books, including most notably Global Formation: Structures of The World-Economy, a major theoretical synthesis and restatement of the world-systems approach to the study of social change. Breaking free from what is often seen as the dogmatism of scholars working in the world-systems tradition, Chase-Dunn takes a pragmatic approach to understanding the structure of the modern world-economy and its evolution over time. This means that he incorporates data and appropriates theoretical models from a variety of sources, including from the work of scholars not associated with the world-systems tradition. As a result, Global Formation has become a standard reference work for world-systems scholars, even though they may not always agree with Chase-Dunn's approaches to the problems they study.

Contributions

This ecumenical approach characterizes his work as a whole. Chase-Dunn is not known for any one theory or "big idea," but instead is known for applying a wide range of theories and theoretical approaches (hegemonic decline theory, population ecology, cyclical theory, historical materialism) to a wide range of historical situations (the ancient Near East, the pre-Columbian California coast, post-colonial states, emerging global governance institutions). In a similar vein, he has collaborated widely, co-authoring or co-editing books in cooperation with Salvatore Babones, Volker Bornschier, Terry Boswell, Jonathan Friedman, Thomas Hall, and others. He has been especially prolific in publishing papers with student co-authors. Many of his former students are now active scholars working in the world-systems tradition, including Salvatore Babones, Jeffrey Kentor, and Andrew Jorgenson.

Chase-Dunn has been married twice and has three daughters: Cori, Mae and Frances.

Bibliography

• Chase - Dunn Ch. K. (1975), 'The Effects of International Economic Dependence on Development and Inequality: a Cross - national Study' American Sociological Review, 40: 720 - 738.
• Chase - Dunn Ch. K. (1983), 'The Kernel of the Capitalist World Economy: Three Approaches' in 'Contending Approaches to World System Analysis' (Thompson W.R. (Ed.)), pp. 55 – 78, Beverly Hills: Sage.
• Chase - Dunn Ch. K. (1984), 'The World - System Since 1950: What Has Really Changed?' in 'Labor in the Capitalist World - Economy' (Bergquist Ch. (Ed.)), pp. 75 – 104, Beverly Hills: Sage.
• Chase - Dunn Ch. K. (1991), 'Global Formation: Structures of the World Economy' London, Oxford and New York: Basil Blackwell.
• Chase - Dunn Ch. K. (1992a), 'The National State as an Agent of Modernity' Problems of Communism, January - April: 29 - 37.
• Chase - Dunn Ch. K. (1992b), 'The Changing Role of Cities in World Systems' in 'Waves, Formations and Values in the World System' (Bornschier V. and Lengyel P. (Eds.)), pp. 51 – 87, New Brunswick and London: Transaction Publishers.
• Chase - Dunn Ch. K. (Ed.), (1982), 'Socialist States in the World System' Beverly Hills and London: Sage.
• Chase - Dunn Ch. K. and Babones S. B. (2006), ‘Global Social Change. Historical and Comparative Perspectives’ Baltimore, Maryland: The Johns Hopkins University Press.
• Chase - Dunn Ch. K. and Grimes P. (1995), ‘World - Systems Analysis’ Annual Review of Sociology, 21: 387 - 417.
• Chase - Dunn Ch. K. and Hall Th. D. (1997), ‘Rise and Demise. Comparing World - Systems’ Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press.
• Chase - Dunn Ch. K. and Podobnik B. (1995), ‘The Next World War: World - System Cycles and Trends’ Journal of World Systems Research 1, 6 (unpaginated electronic journal at world - wide - web site of the World System Network: http://jwsr.ucr.edu/).
• Chase-Dunn, Ch. (2010) Globalization from Below: Toward a Democratic Global Commonwealth. Journal of Globalization Studies. Volume 1, Number 1 / May 2010. pp. 46–57 [1]

References

1. ^ "Christopher Chase-Dunn". Paradigm Publishers. http://www.paradigmpublishers.com/books/ContribDetail.aspx?ID=16411. Retrieved 13 December 2010. 
2. ^ "Christopher Chase-Dunn". University of California-Riverside. http://www.irows.ucr.edu/cd/ccdhmpg.htm. Retrieved 13 December 2010. 

External links

• Ch. Chase-Dunn is a member of Social Evolution & History journal

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